US official denies knowing Ukraine aid linked to Biden probe
President Donald Trump responded Wednesday to a key witness in the House impeachment inquiry who claimed that Rudy Giuliani had been directed by the president to pursue a “quid pro quo.” U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland told the panel leading the proceedings that Giuliani was expressing Trump’s desires when he “demanded” Ukraine announce investigations involving Trump’s personal political rivals. Trump seized on Sondland’s recollection of a phone call the two men had in September, when Sondland asked the president directly about his plans for Ukraine. · President Trump responds to a key witness in the House impeachment inquiry who claimed that Rudy Giuliani had been directed by the president to pursue a “quid pro quo.” · Trump says he told U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland in a phone call: “I want nothing. I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo. T...